6:47 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features Penn State football coach James Franklin told a player not to talk to police following a fight with a star linebacker in a 2018
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8:42 AM ET Miami coach Manny Diaz announced on Twitter on Friday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will continue to work with his team virtually. Diaz said he was self-isolating and “feeling good overall.” The No. 12 Hurricanes’ scheduled game against Georgia Tech on Saturday was postponed earlier this week because
8:00 AM ET Bedlam. In college football, that word evokes thoughts of big plays, dramatic finishes and high stakes in one of the sport’s best rivalries: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State. Saturday will mark the 115th meeting between the two teams (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC), a series that is lopsided in Oklahoma’s favor, historically, with the
1:26 AM ET Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura will miss the Cougars’ road game against Stanford on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19, a source confirmed to ESPN. De Laura’s positive test was first reported Thursday by the Spokesman-Review. With de Laura, a true freshman, unavailable, Washington State (1-1) will turn to either redshirt
11:07 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA. S.C. — Lou Holtz has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 83-year-old former college football coach confirmed the test Thursday to Columbia TV station WOLO. “I don’t have a lot of energy right now,” Holtz told the ABC station. Holtz led Notre Dame to the 1988 national title in
9:52 PM ET Saturday’s rivalry game between San Jose State and Fresno State has been canceled due to contract tracing protocols at Fresno State, the Mountain West announced Thursday. The game will be declared a no contest and will not be made up. It is the conference’s third game called off this week, joining Utah-Wyoming
7:50 PM ET Quarterback Quinn Ewers, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2022 class, committed to Ohio State on Thursday. His commitment gives the Buckeyes the No. 1-ranked prospect three recruiting classes in a row with defensive end Jack Sawyer in 2021 and wide receiver Julian Fleming in 2020. Ewers had previously been committed to
2:23 PM ET The Pac-12 has loosened its scheduling restrictions for the 2020 season and will allow nonconference football games to be played if they meet a certain criteria. “The Pac-12 is committed to maintaining maximum flexibility to provide our football student-athletes with an opportunity to compete, while continuing to ensure that health and safety
7:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. We’re entering our fifth week of Big Ten football for the 2020 season, and the biggest game to date is Saturday’s top-10 matchup between No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 3
9:31 AM ET A former LSU women’s tennis player has accused her former coach of lying about her knowledge of a Tigers football player physically abusing her between May 2017 and August 2018, and accused the coach of “betraying” her during an investigation. The former player, Jade Lewis, 21, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, posted
10:12 AM ET The Michigan State–Maryland game is being canceled because of COVID-19 concerns with Maryland. The game will be declared a no contest. Maryland also announced Thursday that head coach Mike Locksley tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is isolating at home. “I am gutted for our team and for our fans,” Locksley
7:05 AM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. John Thrasher knew how the words would sound. He even warned his audience in advance
8:35 PM ET The College Football Playoff management committee on Wednesday agreed to keep the playoff on its current timeline and name a national champion as planned on Jan. 11 in Miami Gardens, Florida, unless the coronavirus pandemic forces a schedule change, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN. The CFP management committee, which is
5:54 PM ET Former Oklahoma starting tight end Grant Calcaterra, who briefly retired from football because of multiple concussions, is transferring to Auburn, he announced Wednesday. Calcaterra said in August that he would return to football, but not at Oklahoma, a team he thanked both then and in Wednesday’s announcement. In November 2019, he announced
5:13 PM ET The Colorado State–UNLV game scheduled for Saturday is off because of positive cases for COVID-19 and the related contact tracing, the Mountain West Conference announced Wednesday. “Over the past six weeks, more than 2,600 tests have been administered to UNLV football student-athletes, coaches and staff with a positivity rate of less than
3:51 PM ET The Kansas-Texas game scheduled for Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas, has been postponed due to a combination of injuries and COVID-19 issues in the Jayhawks program. The game has been rescheduled for Dec. 12. “The position group affected has a combination of injuries and contact tracing,” Kansas said in a release. “Since Nov.
12:02 PM ET Florida State freshman quarterback Chubba Purdy, who made his first career start last week, will miss the remainder of the season following surgery, coach Mike Norvell said Wednesday. Purdy had surgery Tuesday on his collarbone, which he broke during a preseason scrimmage and aggravated during last Saturday’s game against NC State, Norvell
2:43 PM ET Family members of Ohio State coaches and student-athletes are no longer permitted to attend sporting events for teams playing this fall due to a stay-at-home order in Columbus, Ohio. The decision is immediate and means Ohio State will not have any family members in the stands for its game against Indiana on